Bug 480169 (CVE-2008-5844)

Summary:	CVE-2008-5844 php: change to the FILTER_UNSAFE_RAW in 5.2.7 breaks magic_quotes_gpc
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Tomas Hoger <thoger>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version:	unspecified	CC:	fedora, jorton, rpm
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OS:	Linux
URL:	http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2008-5844
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Description Tomas Hoger 2009-01-15 15:26:42 UTC

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2008-5844 to the following vulnerability:

PHP 5.2.7 contains an incorrect change to the FILTER_UNSAFE_RAW functionality,
and unintentionally disables magic_quotes_gpc regardless of the actual
magic_quotes_gpc setting, which might make it easier for context-dependent
attackers to conduct SQL injection attacks and unspecified other attacks.

References:
http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=42718
http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2008/Dec/1021393.html
http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_8.php
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.8

Comment 1 Tomas Hoger 2009-01-23 16:48:05 UTC

This issue is specific to PHP version 5.2.7.  It was introduced in the following commit:
http://cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/php-src/ext/filter/filter.c?r1=1.52.2.42&r2=1.52.2.43

The issue was noticed shortly after 5.2.7 release and reverted in:
http://cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/php-src/ext/filter/filter.c?r1=1.52.2.43&r2=1.52.2.44

PHP 5.2.7 was replaced by fixed 5.2.8:
http://www.php.net/archive/2008.php#id2008-12-07-1
http://www.php.net/archive/2008.php#id2008-12-08-1

Affected PHP version was never shipped in any Red Hat product version or Fedora.